1. Take about 8 sheets of tissue paper. The diameter of the pom pom will be slightly smaller than the width of the tissue paper, so just cut the width of the tissue paper to the size you want. The longer the length of the tissue paper will give you fluffier pom pom!

Concertina the pile of tissue paper as though you are making a fan.

2. Fold it in half and tie the middle with a piece of cotton, This is what you will hang the pom pom from, so make sure it’s nice and long! Use the scissors to round off the corners.

3. Fan it out, and very carefully pull the top layer of one side away, and do this one at a time until it starts to look like this:

4. Continue this on both sides until you have a nice fluffy pom pom!

5. Use the string to hang up your pom pom! Now you can make as many of these as you like, they look great if you use different colours and sizes co-ordinating with the scheme of your event!

I made these yesterday to hang over a buffet table at my Mum’s Birthday! I think they looked really cute, and brightened up the room a bit 🙂